Seattle Steam's advanced turbines to generate jobs
Seattle Steam stopped producing electricity in 1925. Now it plans to start again, installing an advanced turbine that generates heat and power in its historic Post Avenue plant, one of the oldest working buildings in downtown Seattle.
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1000 mayors join Climate Protection Agreement!
1000 mayors have signed the U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement, a huge milestone in the national campaign of cities to reduce global warming. The mayors of Savannah, Ga.; Springfield, Ill.; and Redondo Beach, Calif., are among the latest to sign the agreement, in which cities pledge to reduce climate pollution by seven percent of 1990 levels by 2012. The Mayors Climate Protection Agreement now represents more than 81 million Americans and includes cities such as Little Rock, Ark., Phoenix, Ariz., Nashville, Tenn., and San Antonio, Texas. Congratulations to all of these mayors for their leadership!
Click here for the complete list of the 1,000 cities.
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Earth Ministry for reusable bags
Earth Ministry, a Seattle Climate Partnership partner organization, is definitely on the reusable-bag band-wagon.
Find out why.
PCC is saving paper by printing receipts double sided
In taking steps toward being a more ecological operation, PCC is saving
paper by printing receipts double sided. The new receipts will cut the
grocery chain's use of receipt paper 25 to 35 percent.
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Perhaps the Planet will say Merci!
Plastic forks, disposable diapers, drafty houses if it hurts the environment, make it cost more. That's the message France's government wants to send with a raft of proposed new taxes.
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Report Aims to Help Small Developers Own Local Wind Projects
A new report says federal tax policy is preventing small investors such as farmers and ranchers from buying into community wind projects, and it encourages Congress to enact changes to spur more locally owned developments. Read the report: http://www.harvestcleanenergy.org/CommunityWind_101.pdf
Seattle Climate Partnership Survey
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Twist & Save
Seattle is making it easier to Twist & Save. City Light has teamed up with area retailers to offer compact fluorescent (CF) bulbs at deeply discounted prices.
Energy Star® CF bulbs use about one-quarter of regular lights and last up to 10 times longer.
Change your old lights to CF bulbs, especially those you use at least two hours a day. You will see the light — and the savings.
